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The Jacket (2005)

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Reviews Counted:154

Fresh:68

Rotten:86

Average Rating:5.4/10

Consensus: The Jacket is a case of creepy style over substance.

Runtime: 1 hr 43 mins

Genre: Thriller

Synopsis: Oscar-winner Adrien Brody (THE PIANIST) stars in THE JACKET, an intense psychological thriller about a Gulf War veteran who finds himself trapped inside another terrifying scenario. Shot in the... Oscar-winner Adrien Brody (THE PIANIST) stars in THE JACKET, an intense psychological thriller about a Gulf War veteran who finds himself trapped inside another terrifying scenario. Shot in the head while in Iraq, Jack Starks (Brody) has returned home only to be convicted of a murder that he didn't commit. Still reeling from his wartime trauma, Jack is found not guilty by reason of insanity and is committed to an institution for the criminally insane. Once there, he is drugged by the evil Dr. Becker (Kris Kristofferson) and placed into a coffin-like drawer on a nightly basis. Inside the drawer, after being tormented with horrific war flashbacks, Jack is mysteriously transported to the future, where he forms a tender relationship with the hardened, beautiful Jackie (Keira Knightley). Aware that he is destined to die in four days, Jack must use his new gift to figure out what happened to him, with the hopes of altering the course of history. Directed by John Maybury (LOVE IS THE DEVIL), THE JACKET features another electrifying performance from Brody. Acclaimed artist Brian Eno contributes a transcendent score, which contrasts beautifully with Peter Deming's stark cinematography. As the weary Jackie, Knightley proves once again that she's more than just a pretty face. [More]

Starring: Adrien Brody, Keira Knightley, Daniel Craig, Kris Kristofferson

Starring: Adrien Brody, Keira Knightley, Daniel Craig, Kris Kristofferson, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Kelly Lynch, MacKenzie Phillips, Brad Renfro

Director: John Maybury

Director: John Maybury
Story: Marc Rocco
Screenwriter: Massy Tadjedin, Tom Bleecker
Producer: Steven Soderbergh, George Clooney, Peter Guber
Composer: Brian Eno
Studio: Warner Independent

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It doesn't really hold together on a logical level, but it's fascinating and powerfully emotional.

Full Review Source: Shadows on the Wall | comment Comment
03/10/05
Rich Cline
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall

Ultimately it doesn't amount to much, but like Starks' drug-induced trip, The Jacket is about the journey not the destination.

Full Review Source: BBC | comment Comment
05/10/05
Stella Papamichael
Stella Papamichael
BBC
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Part of the fun with twisty time-travel movies is in trying to figure out what's going on and The Jacket delivers nicely on that score, keeping you guessing till the end.

Full Review Source: ViewLondon | comment Comment
05/14/05
Matthew Turner
Matthew Turner
ViewLondon

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04/01/06
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06/07/05
David Edwards
David Edwards
Daily Mirror [UK]
N/R

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Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
06/24/06
Time Out
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An effective claustrophobic nightmare.

Full Review Source: FilmsInReview.com | comment Comment
03/01/05
Victoria Alexander
Victoria Alexander
FilmsInReview.com

film whose quality defies its script

Full Review Source: Draxblog Movie Reviews | comment Comment
11/01/05
Dragan Antulov
Dragan Antulov
Draxblog Movie Reviews

Weighs in on a paltry premise but ultimately pays off in tension and redemption.

Full Review Source: Palo Alto Weekly | comment Comment
03/01/05
Jeanne Aufmuth
Jeanne Aufmuth
Palo Alto Weekly

Forgettable.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
03/07/05
Marjorie Baumgarten
Marjorie Baumgarten
Austin Chronicle

Eventually abandons its trippy sense of mind-bending mystery for life-is-beautiful affirmation: a Reader's Digest message camouflaged within Nine Inch Nails grisliness.

Full Review Source: Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) | comment Comment
03/04/05
John Beifuss
John Beifuss
Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)

The ending is a giant anticlimax that only gets more frustrating the more you think about it.

Full Review Source: Las Vegas Weekly | comment Comment
03/03/05
Josh Bell
Josh Bell
Las Vegas Weekly

I appreciate the way the story is developed, taking audiences into The Twilight Zone, but not leaving them stranded there.

Full Review Source: ReelViews | comment 1 Comment
03/03/05
James Berardinelli
James Berardinelli
ReelViews

I enjoyed the electroshock ambience, and accepted the ride as a jumped-up sci-fi mystery.

Full Review Source: New York Daily News | comment Comment
03/04/05
Jami Bernard
Jami Bernard
New York Daily News

Maybury, whose background in experimental film influences his style, keeps The Jacket grounded in the familiar while its sense of reality remains shrewdly vague.

Full Review Source: SPLICEDWire | comment Comment
03/03/05
Rob Blackwelder
Rob Blackwelder
SPLICEDWire

The Jacket is an uncategorizable little film; part romance, part horror, part mind-bending dimensional study

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03/01/05
Emily Blunt
Emily Blunt
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The Jacket is a horrifyingly strange and cluttered but innately fascinating movie-going experience, especially with Adrien Brody's layered performance at the helm.

Full Review Source: Hollywood.com | comment Comment
03/04/05
Kit Bowen
Kit Bowen
Hollywood.com

On each level: the human, the futuristic, the romantic, the legal, the ironic -- it remains consistent and compelling. Steven King and M. Night Shyamalan: take a lesson.

Full Review Source: Cinema Signals | comment Comment
02/25/05
Jules Brenner
Jules Brenner
Cinema Signals

That the movie never attempts to even offer an explanation of its weird science exemplifies the haphazardness that dominates the picture.

Full Review Source: Creative Loafing | comment Comment
03/02/05
Matt Brunson
Matt Brunson
Creative Loafing

Too much light shines through the holes of the plot, the tone gets stuck on the B-movie level, and the underpinnings of romance and revenge are trite for all the fancy trimmings.

Full Review Source: Boston Globe | comment Comment
03/04/05
Ty Burr
Ty Burr
Boston Globe
 
 
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